Method and communication system for limiting the functionality of an electronic device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8013786
APP PUB NO 20090309787A1
SERIAL NO

12140942

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Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for limiting the functionality of a mobile electronic device. In one embodiment, a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver configured to determine a GNSS Doppler frequency shift measurement corresponding to a GNSS signal. A control component is configured to control an operation of the mobile electronic device in response to a control signal which is generated when the GNSS Doppler frequency shift measurement is used to determine that the speed of the mobile electronic device exceeds a speed threshold.

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TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITEDIP DEPARTMENT 935 STEWART DRIVE SUNNYVALE CA 94085

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Gildea, David Menlo Park, US 5 104

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